Pockets of magmas can be formed by the melting of deep continental crust heated by the intrusion of other magmas. Which of the following correctly describes this process?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Intrusion of basaltic magma causes deep crustal rocks to melt, producing andesitic or rhyolitic magmas.

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